Ex Biaggi and Mazzini Collections

CNG 87, Lot: 1174. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Honorius. AD 393-423. AV Semissis (17mm, 2.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 404. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory seated right on cuirass, holding shield, supported by small Genius, inscribed VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines; R-M//COMOB. RIC X 1257; Depeyrot 35/1; Mazzini 51 = Biaggi 2326 (this coin, illustrated). Good VF, toned.

Ex B.d.B Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 49, 21 October 2008), lot 527; Biaggi Collection, 2326; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 51.